Street-lighting device.



T. S. BROWN.

STREET LIGHTING DEVICE. vA1 1 I.Ig,e.'11o1w FILED un. 2, 1912.

' 1,045,253, Patented Nomz, 1912.

, Uivrn s'rarasraraa THOMAS S. BROWN, OF HEMET, CALIFORNIA.

STREET-LIGHTING DEVICE.

Speciication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

Application filed March 2, 1912. Serial No. 681,202.

To allwhom it may concern;

Be vit known that I, THOMAS S. BROWN, a citizen' of the United States,4 residing at Hemet, in the county of Riverside and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Street-Lighting Devices; and I do declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the saine, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the aocoinpanying drawings, and the characters of reference marked thereon, which forni a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in 'street lighting devices and particularly to electric lighting appliances, the object of the invention being to produce a lighting system in' which the lights will be disposed along the curbing of the streets in such a manner as to throw the light directly across the surface of the street and under all awnshadows as is the case with arclamps orsimilar commonly used lighting apparatus.

,A further object of the invention is to produce such a device as will be simple, and inexpensive and yet exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.'

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure l is a front elevation of one of my improved lighting members.' Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on a line mof Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified form of the invention.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings 1 designates a metallic base member having an upwardly projecting hollow hood 2, which hood is of a round, oval or balloon shape and slightly elongated from front to back and provided with an opening 3 in its front side or the side directed toward the street.

The member l has suitable lugs 4 disposed preferably on its under side which lugs are provided with slots 5 adapted to receive screws or bolts or slugs which may be embedded in the cement of the curbing 6 to hold the base 1 and hood 2 stationary.

In the bottom of the base 1 and opening into the globe or hood 2 is a recess 7 provided with a suitable porcelain or other insulating base y8 secured to which is an upwardly projecting electric light socket 9 held in fixed position by means of suitable bedding of plaster of Paris or other suitable material 10, the saine being insulated from the member 1 by means of any suitable insulating material 11. Suitable wires 12 connected with the usual source of electrical energy 13 lead to the socket 9, in which socket may be disposed an electric-lamp 14.

The inside walls of the hood 2 may be painted white or lined with suitable reflecting material whereby the light from the' glare of the light from striking them in the eyes and blinding them. Also by placing the lights from twenty to forty feet apart on the curbing the crossingof their light will entirely and eifectually eliminate all shadows in streets, alleys, hallways and back of tree trunks, and in fact will perfectly illuminate streets where the present known systems do so imperfectly. If desired the front of the base 1 below the opening .3 may be sloped as shown at 15 so as to be perfectly illuminated andthen a plate 16 secured thereto to receive a name, name of street or street number as shown in Fig. 1. The device is safeguarded from being injured by the wheels of wagons or other things by means of the backward slope of the hood 2 as shown or by mcans'of a curving metallic member 17 disposed on the curbing 6 in front of the base 1.

yIn the modified form shown in Fig. 4 the structure of the lamp holding hood is the same as shown in the other views-but I further provide the opening 3a of the hood 2a with a strong heavy glass door or bulls-eye 18 which may be locked in position by means of a liasp or similar lock 19 to prevent anyone tampering with the light mechanism.

From the foregoing description it will readily appear that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfils the objects of the invention as set forth herein. Y

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred form of structure used in my invention, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spiritof the invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful end desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described, comprising the combination with the curb cfa street, of n base member, lugs on said base 15 member, means for securing Said lugs 1n said curb, a hood on said basemem'bensu'ch hood having an opening, and a llght disposed in said hood.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 20V in presence oi two witnesses.

' THOMAS s. BROWN.

Witnesses C. A. MACK, C. O. GILLETT.

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Washington, D. C." 

